Posts Tagged ‘Climate Change’
Climate Gate at The Royal Institution: Has Global Warming Increased the Toll of Disasters?
On Friday 5th February James Randerson convened a panel of climate scientists to discuss the mess the IPCC has got itself into. Bob Ward, Robert Muir-Wood and Roger Pielke took up the challenge.
Written by Amelia Gregory
Royal Institution lecture hall by Abi Daker
So, we all know there's been a bit of a hoo-hah following the disclosure of some important emails that reveal that the data featured as key facts in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on climate change may not be 100% correct. You do know about this, right? It's been front page of the Guardian for a while… and perhaps more importantly it's given all those climate change deniers out there a huge amount of grist for their petty little mill. And that really is bad news.
I haven't been following the ins and outs of this fandango in massive detail but when my parents invited me along to this hastily convened Royal Institution lecture I leapt at the chance to perch on their infamous red velvet tiered… read more
